Cardi B and Post Malone are NOT eligible for best new artist award at 2019 Grammys

Cardi B and Post Malone have been declared ineligible for the best new artist award at the Grammys next year.

In the case of the I Like It songstress, the two nominations she got at last year's show - for best rap song and rap performance for Bodak Yellow - disqualify her, as the show's rules state 'any artist with a previous Grammy nomination as a performer' leave her out in the cold when it comes to the best new artist category, according to the AP.

Another factor which impacted the MotorSport artist's eligibility was that her initial studio album, Invasion of Privacy, was released about two months after last year's Grammys.

Not happening: Cardi B, 26, and Post Malone, 23, have been declared ineligible for the best new artist award for the 2019 Grammys. Both were snapped at the American Music Awards Tuesday

Sources told the AP that the New York City native, who celebrated her 26th birthday Tuesday, was submitted as a best new artist contender for the 2018 Grammys but was passed over in lieu of artists SZA, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Julia Michaels and eventual winner Alessia Cara.

As for Post Malone, the 23-year-old rapper also had his name submitted for best new artist at the the 2018 Grammys, and was eligible by the aforementioned standards, but not selected.

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Sources told the AP that Grammy officials and music execs went back at forth on whether or not to let Malone contend for the best new artist at the 2019 Grammys.

While he has never been nominated, the issue was that the Grapevine, Texas native, whose real name is Austin Richard Post, has had hit singles over the past three years, including 2015's Congratulations and White Iverson, as well as 2016's Stoney.

Rules: Cardi B's past two Grammy nominations for Bodak Yellow impacted her eligibility for best new artist

Upheld: Malone's prior releases in 2015 and 2016 put his 2019 best new artist hopes in peril, sources told the AP

Rules in the best new artist category state that performers can be submit for the category up to three times with the criteria that they've released no more than three records or 30 songs.

Initial Grammy votes will be cast October 17, with nominations slated to be revealed December 5.